J3/01-306

Date:    6 August 2001
To:      J3
From:    WG5 Members
Subject: Interp 26 (List-directed input: types of variables
         corresponding to repeated values)

WG5 members in London considered Interp 26 and recommend as
follows. The HISTORY mentions the action recommended by WG5.

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NUMBER: 000026
TITLE: List-directed input: types of variables corresponding to repeated
values
KEYWORDS:
DEFECT TYPE:
STATUS: J3 consideration in progress

QUESTION:

Consider the example

CHARACTER*80 STRING
COMPLEX Z

READ (*, *) Z, STRING

Suppose the input consists of

2*(1.0, 0.0)

After the READ, should Z contain (1.0,0.0) and should STRING contain
'(1.0,'?

ANSWER:
No.  This is not a standard-conforming statement. See the answer to
interpretation number 000025.

SUBMITTED BY: Robert Corbett
HISTORY:  98-155     m145 Submitted (part 4)
          WG5-N1456       Draft answer